Construction of metallic bedsteads.



No. 767,680. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

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CONSTRUCTION OF METALLIC BEDSTEA-DS.

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BENJAMIN CHARLES BARTON, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

CONSTRUCTION OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,680, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed September 15, 1903. Serial No. 173,226. No model.)

tallic bedsteads, by means of which I make av portable and collapsible bedstead self-contained within the thickness of the angular or other sectioned frame and of wrought material thoughout, which bedstead is very rigid and durable when in use and very compact when collapsed and out of use and convenient for transit.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the portable and collapsible bedstead constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 shows the same when partly collapsed. Fig. 3 shows the bedstead collapsed with the frame partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a section on line m w of Fig; 1, showing one way of locking the parts together. Fig. 5 is a section on line Y Y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 shows a modification of this invention.

In describing this invention, I form the angular or other sectioned frame 1 of the bedstead preferably in one piece, with ends- 2 3 and sides 4 5, which may be strengthened, if desired. The legs 6 7 8 9 pass through holes or cut-away parts 10 11 12 13 at or near the corners of the frame 1, the legs 6 7 being in one piece with the head-rail 14 andthe legs 8 9 in one piece with the foot-rail 15, while the bars 16 17 of the head and foot rails 14 pass through holes 18 19 in the ends 2 3, the ends of the bars 161'? being fixed to strips 20 21.

Diagonal or other suitable braces 22 23 24 25 are pivoted or jointed at 26 27 28 29, the other ends being pivotedor jointed at 30 31 32 33 to the legs 6 '7 8 9', the Weight being distributed over eight points instead of the whole frame being carried by the legs, the

braces also preventing the frame from sagging, thereby-giving greater rigidity to the bedstead. Locking-levers 34 35 are provided to engage with thestrips 2Q 21 to hold the legs and parts together in position, as shown by Figs. land 4, or other means may be employed for this purpose.

Instead of the legs passing through holes in the frame they may pass through brackets fixed at each corner, as shown by Fig. 6, the bracket 39 being cut away at 40 to allow the rail to be therein when the bedstead is collapsed, as shown by dotted lines.

The frame may be jointed in the center, and the legs 6 7 and legs 8 9 may be connected by cross-stays, if desired.

hen the bedstead is not required for use, the same can readily be collapsed by drawing the levers 34 35 free of the strips 20 21, when the legs, braces, and parts can be moved into the position shown by Fig. 2, the braces being such a length and pivoted in such a manner that when the bedstead is totally collapsed the braces draw the head and foot rails 14 15 against the ends 2 3, while the leg, braces, and other parts are within the depth of the frame, as shown by Fig. 3 of the drawings.

I do not limit myself to theexact details shown, as the same can be modified without departing from the nature of my invention.

It will therefore be seen that my invention comprises a bedstead composed of a main frame and end members, the end members comprising legs and cross .top frames composed of cross-bars and rods parallel with the legs which form a part thereof, the said legs and that portion of the legs which form a part of the cross top frames of the end members being passed through holes at the ends of the frame, said holes being so formed as to permit the end members of the bedstead to be folded adjacent to the frame, and means for holding the end members of the bedstead to the frame and in an upright position.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bedstead comprising a main frame and end members having legs, the end parts of the main frame being provided with transverse 9 openings, and the end members being promy invention I have signed my name, in pres- \lded With vertically-zirranged parts which ence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 28th IO are passed through said openings whereby the day of August, 1903.

end members are adapted to fold longitudi- T 5 nally of the main frame, and means for lock- BENJAMIL CHARLES ARTON' ing the end members in an upright position, Vitnesses: substantially as shown and described. PERCY CHARLES BARTON,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as HERBERT W HITEHOUSE. 

